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New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 - dmcowen674 - 09-02-2016
New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10
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9-1-2016
Buried in the announcement of the new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation) processors and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use them is the confirmation that they will have a Windows 10 future. Microsoft has been warning people for ages that Kaby Lake will not run on anything older than Windows 10, and it looks like AMD's upcoming Zen chip will be going the same way. Microsoft said, "As new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon." "We are committed to working with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners to help ensure a smooth transition given these changes to Microsoft's Windows support policy," an Intel spokesperson said. "No, Intel will not be updating Win 7/8 drivers for 7th Gen Intel Core [Kaby Lake] per Microsoft's support policy change." An AMD representative was equally neutral. "AMD's processor roadmap is fully aligned with Microsoft's software strategy," AMD chief technical officer Mark Papermaster said, via a company spokeswoman.
RE: New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 - dmcowen674 - 09-02-2016
More Corporate bullcrap.
RE: New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 - SickBeast - 09-02-2016
I would care if Windows 10 hadn't been a free upgrade. Microsoft was very generous about that.
RE: New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 - SteelCrysis - 09-02-2016
So it's official now, after the attempt to make it official with Skylake.
RE: New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 - ocre - 09-03-2016
Haha
Dont care though
RE: New Intel and AMD Chips Will Only Support Windows 10 - SteelCrysis - 09-07-2016
Here's the explanation: http://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-to-optimize-windows-10-for-kaby-lake-and-zen